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Calgary, Alberta, Canada, her industries and resources

by: Elliott, George Babington (compiler & editor); Burns, Thomas S. (compiler & editor)

Publication date: 1885

Topics: History, Local--Alberta--Calgary, Advertising, Publicité, Business men, Businessmen, Hommes d'affaires, Calgary, Alberta--Commerce, Calgary, Alberta--Industries and resources, 1885

Publisher: s.n. (Calgary)

Collection: peel_print; peel; university_of_alberta_libraries; toronto

Language: English

Item Size: 21.6M

Elliott, George Babington: Winnipeg resident about 1874, when he described his business as "accountant, auditor, arbitrator, and correspondent"; founded and edited ephemeral newspaper in Calgary, The Nor'wester, 1884-1885; at a later period seems to have been a resident of Regina (Winshop, The story of the press; Begg, Ten years in Winnipeg). // Burns, Thomas S.: Born in Scotland; after a few years in western Canada arrived in Calgary, August 1883; established himself as auctioneer, valuator, and justice of the peace. // Includes advertising. Contains short sketches of prominent businessmen. Published about a month after Peel 1441. Reprinted, without advertising on inside of covers and meteorological tables, Calgary: Glenbow-Alberta Institute, McClelland & Stewart West, 1974 (94p.).